Services for Children and Special Needs

Children’s Feelings Program

This beginner level Psycho-Educational instructional program is offered for children of all ages, who are having difficulty identifying, understanding and expressing basic emotions. This program is suitable for children with learning disabilities, social delays, ADHD, and Asperger Syndrome.

One of the major difficulties for such children is that their emotions have only an ON and OFF switch. They either don't express their feelings at all or they react with intensity far beyond what the actual situation would indicate.

As they emerge from the cocoon of early childhood, children with these challenges simply do not have in their emotional tool-boxes the means to differentiate between little feelings, medium feelings and big feelings. This program assists the child to create an appropriate emotional tool-box.

Six basic emotions are covered: sad, angry, calm, frustrated, happy and worried. Children are instructed on how to identify each of these basic emotions and rate the intensity of their feelings. They are instructed in appropriate responses to each successive level of emotional intensity.

A pre and post program screening is completed to chart progress and provide appropriate recommendations for further support. This program can be incorporated into home behaviour plans and school Individual Education Plans. (IEP).

PROGRAM
" Six 1 hour individual sessions
" $270 plus tax
Insurance receipts are not available for psycho-educational programs.